Car-fender.



Patented Fab. I3, 4900.

E. N. PORTER &. J. BARNES.

CAR FENDER.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

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- No. 643,|99. Patented Feb. I3, I900. E. N; PORTER & J. BARNES.

CAR F E N DE R.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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EDWARD N. PORTER AND JUNIUS BARNES, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

C A R F E N D E R SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.643,199, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed April 13, 1899. $erial No. 712,953- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we,EDwARn N. PORTER and .lUNIUs BARNES, citizens of theUnited States, residing in Burlington, in'the county of Chittenden andState of Vermont,haveinvented a new and useful Oar-Fender, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to a wheel or wheels fastened to a frame thatholds them in a horizontal position and provided with pneumatic rubbertires placed in front of a car near the rails, so that any person orobject upon the track will be removed without injury. WVe attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side View of the end of a car with the fenderattached both in operative and in an inoperative position. Fig. 2 is atop View of the fender attached to the car. Fig. 3 is a bottom view ofvthe fender attached to the car both in operative and inoperativeposition. Fig. at is a bottom view of the fender alone. Fig. 5 is a planview of the latch.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a fender made with one wheel, which has a diameter a littlelarger than the width of the car-track, and when lowered for use thefront extends to the top of the rails. This wheel revolves upon the pin13, that secures it to the end of the draw-bar L, which is firmly framedto the cross-bar D. This draw-bar is also used to draw the car when twocars are attached together. The crossbar D is fitted at each end to around hole in the brackets E E, that arefastened to the car at eachside. The draw-bar is also fastened or held up at the other end by aniron rod or bracket secured to the bottom of the car, and it is hungupon the rod or bracket in such a way as to move upon the joint d up anddown a little when the wheel A is raised or lowered by means ofcross-bar D, attached to the lever K.

In order to move the .wheel A back out of the way when two cars are tobe fastened together or when not in use, there is provided the slot 0,extending from the center to a point near the outer edge of the Wheels.This slot is of the same width as the diameter of the pin 13, and theWheel is held at eitherend of the slot 0 by the latch F, which isprovided with the slot 0, that is the same length and the same width asthe slot 0. The slot C is bent at each end, so that when the wheel A ispushed back out of the way the bent end of the slot 0 holds against thepin B like a shoulder, the latch F being pressed against the pin by thespring a. When pulled forward, the pin B is held in the same way at theother end of the slot 0, as shown in Fig. 3. The latch F is fastened onthe under side of the wheel at 'n and also to the pin B by means of awasher and a nut, so as to move a little back and forth over the slot 0when in use, and is fastened at the other end by a pin attached to thering y, which works in a little slot that is long enough to allow thelatch to move back and forth over the slot 0. The draw-bar is providedwith a cleat or, upon which the back part of the wheel A rests when itis pushed upon the same out of the way, and the cleat m isjust wideenough to fit between the pins m m, that serve as guides when the wheelslides back and holds it firmly in place. Fig. shows the wheel-fenderpushed back, so that the cleat m comes between the pins m 00 and the pin13 is at the front end of the slots 0 and C. The arm 0 is mortised intothe end of the cross-bar D and is just long enough to work the crossbaron its bearings in the brackets E E to lower or raise the wheel by meansof the lever K. This rocking lever K is fastened to the arm 0, asappears in Fig. 6, and comes up through the platform of the car, whereit is easily handled by the motorman, as is shown by Fig. 1. The lever Kis provided with notches that engage upon the edge of an iron platefastened to the floor of the car-platform on the edge of an aperture forthe same and is held against the plate by an ordinary spring g and movedup and down to raise or lower the front of the wheel A when in use.

S is a screen on the front of the car.

The wheel A may be made of any suitable material-wood or metal-and theupper side covered with perforated chair-seating or some flexiblemate-rial, and the wheel is provided with a pneumatic rubber tire, whichmay be like an ordinary bicycle-tire or be corrugated or have knobs orcogs to engage with greater friction with any person or object caughtupon the track. It will be readily seen that the wheel A, coming incontact with any person or object, would turn one way or the other andwith the friction of the rubber tire would have a tendency to move thesame off from the track to one side or on the upper side of thewheel-fender.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The wheel A provided with a pneumatic or rubber tire having knobs orcogs to engage any obstruction upon the track with greater friction anda covering of perforated chairseating or otherflexible material incombination with the draw-bar L provided with the pin 13 upon which theWheel revolves, and the cross-bar D fastened to the end of the car bythe cleats E E as herein described and set forth.

2. The combination of the Wheel fastened t0 the end of a car, vehicle,or engine and provided with a tire of flexible material and withflexible material upon the top of the same, with the screen S, the pin Bupon which it revolves and the draw-bar L, and the crossbar D by whichit is held to the car and tilted up and down as herein described and setforth.

3. The combination of the wheel A provided with the slot 0, the latch Fprovided with the slot 0 and the spring a for sliding the wheel backunder the car as herein set forth.

4:. The combination of the draw-bar L provided with the hinge d, thecross-bar D provided with the arm 0, the lever K provided with thenotches to engage the iron plate in the car-platform held in place bythe spring g, and the Wheel-A substantially as described.

5. The wheel A provided with pins as as in combination with the cleat mto guide the wheel A and hold it firmly in its back-andforth movement,substantially as described.

EDWARD N. PORTER. J UNIUS BARNES.

Witnesses:

O. P. RAY, P. O. RAY.

